capital fellow

Example Sentences

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There 's a capital fellow, called Tom Cox, by the way, somewhere down in that country, who used to paint our scenes for the garrison theatricals.

From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Donna Victoria—Well, I'm not a capital fellow; but I was made for a gentleman—gentleman!

From The Castle of Andalusia A Comic Opera, in Three Acts by O'Keeffe, John

I must put you under the same treatment as I did Jack Hamlin—do you know him?—a gambler and a capital fellow; you remind me of him.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

"He may be a capital fellow," I remarked, "but he is not very choice in his language."

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

Weighborne was a capital fellow, one could not help liking him.

From The Portal of Dreams by Buck, Charles Neville